Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:15:05 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] drivers/misc: sysgenid: add system generation id driver |
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Hi!
> - Solution > > The System Generation ID is a simple concept meant to alleviate the > issue by providing a monotonically increasing u32 counter that changes > each time the VM or container is restored from a snapshot.
I'd make it u64.
But as people explained, this has race problems that may be impossible to solve?
Best regards, Pavel
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